Horseshoe attachment.



H. HUETHER.

HORSESHOE ATTACHMENT.

APPLTCATION FILED JUNE 8, 1917.

1,252,4Q2 Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

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HENRY I-IUETHER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HORSESHOE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed June 8, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HUETHER, residing at Cincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Horseshoe Attachments, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description, attention being called to. the drawing which accompanies this application and forms a part thereof.

This invention relates to an attachment adapted to be applied to the sole of a horses foot by means of the shoe to which it is to be affixed, the object being to prevent slipping of the horses feet when weather c0nditions render the street surface unsafe.

The invention consists of a device constructed as hereinafter described and claimed and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 shows a side view of a horses foot with my attachment in position.

Fig. 2 shows the front end of the attachment, it being substantially a front view of Fig. 1 with the horses foot indicated in dotted lines. I

Fig. 3 is an underside view of the horses foot with the attachment in position as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows a rear view of the attachment.

The device consists substantially of ;a. frame A, approximately rectangular and provided with edged calks a on its under side adapted to dig into the street surface or ice coating which may cover the same, thereby giving the horse a safe foothold.

Means are provided to secure this frame to the horses foot in a manner which holds it rigidly in place and also permits of its ready attachment or removal.

Engagement of these means is principally with shoe B, and at the front end consists of a lug 10 on the upper side of the front member 11 of frame A which engages the toe part of the shoe at its inner concave edge. It is held against this edge by a yoke 12 which lies over the toe part of the hoof C and is held against the front edge of the shoe by having it lower ends bent inwardly and shaped to form screw-threaded studs 13, which pass through openings in front member ll of frame A and beyond receive nuts 14; whereby a secure connection is established by drawing lug 10 firmly against the shoe and also yoke 12 rearwardly against the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 8, 1918.

Serial No. 173,630.

hoof and the shoe thereby clamping the latter between said lug and the yoke.

At the heel, frame A is held against the shoe by a transverse brace 15 which extends across the under side of the shoe as shown in Figs. 3 and and has a screw-threaded opening between its ends to receive a threaded stud 16 which extends rearwardly from rear member 17 of frame A.

Brace 15 is held up against the under side of the shoe by claws 18 and 19, which engage the upper edge of the shoe as best shown in Fig. 4, they being seated upon screw-threaded studs 20 and 21 which extend from opposite ends of the brace.

(law 18 is provided with a screw-threaded boss 22 and thereby seated directly upon its stud 20. Claw 19 is seated upon a boss 23 provided with a nut 24 fitted to stud 21.

the shoe after the claws are positioned.

The position of brace 15 on its stud 16 is determined before the attachment is connected to the shoe. The same is done with claw 18 on its respective stud 90.

The attachment is then placed against the shoe, nuts 14 are drawn up so as to clamp lug 10 and the yoke against the toe part of the shoe, the yoke being at the same time drawn against the receding part of the hoof above the shoe which prevents the front part of the attachment from slipping off.

Claw 19 is finally placed upon boss 23 which is slipped upon stud 21 after which nut 2% is screwed home so as to draw claw 19 close up against the shoe whereby at the same time the previously placed claw 18 is also firmly drawn to its final position against the shoe.

By preference, brace 15 is likewise provided with calks 25.

In connecting the attachment, nut 24: is preferably so placed as to be on the outside of the horses foot to prevent interference.

Having described my invention I claim as new:

1. In a horseshoe attachment for the purpose described, the combination of a frame provided with calks on its under side, a lug projecting upwardly from the front part of this frame and adapted to engage the con-' cave side at the toe part of the horseshoe, a

yoke adjustably secured to this frame and adapted to lie against the front edge of the horseshoe, means to draw this yoke towardand means to hold the rear part of this latter against the horseshoe.

2. In a horseshoe attachment for the purpose described, thecombination of a frame provided With calks on its under side, a lug projecting upwardly from the front part of this frame and adapted to engage the concave side at the toe part of the horseshoe, a yoke adjustably secured to the frame and adapted to engage the front edge of the horseshoe and to lie over and against the recedingpart of the hoof above the same, screw-connection for drawing the yoke toward the frame so as to cause it to bear against the hoof and the front edge of the v(lorries of this patent may be obtained. for

shoe and whereby the lug on the frame is caused to bear against the inner edge of the shoe, and means to hold the rear part of the frame against the under side of the horseshoe at the heel thereof.

3. In a horseshoe attachment for the pur pose describedflthe combination of a'frame provided with calks on its under side,means to hold this frame at its front part to the horseshoe, a brace back of this frame and eX tending transversely across the under side of the shoe at the heel thereof, screw-connected claws adjustably secured, one to each end of this brace, and adapted to engage the shoe, and a projection on the rear part of the frame tovvhich said brace is adjustably connected.

In testimony WhereofI hereunto afliX signature.

HENRY HUETHER. 7

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